#stark trek ds9

[geogrewife]

The Jem’Hardar are so interesting. Every time we linger on them it’s like we see the beginnings of a culture forming. Only to have it immediately crushed because all of them are killed.

The Jem’Hardar have so much potential. I hope more is done with their species than just being bad guys.

[memingursa]

Honestly I’d love somebody with more well read in theory break down the fascist ideology of Cardassia/The Dominion and how they were destined to eat each other. Like watching Weyoun try and manage Gul Dukat’s racism while brokering peace with Bajor and Cardassia is like seeing an ancient empire who was used to incorporating culture beef it with modern fascist dipshits.

[forged-in-kaoss]

misc Garak and Bashir gifs from 4x09 Our Man Bashir :: for @shivanessa

[jaegermonstrous]

Okay but also "Distant Voices"? I know there's been a lot of discussion in how it's all about Julian's fear of aging and it is, but Also! When you stack up "Passenger" and "Inquisition" and "Distant Voices" you get a whole theme about Julian not being able to trust his own mind and what it tells him, which you could also pair up with "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" and the trauma of his augmentations and how they changed his perceptions. Especially since he effectively didn't know about those until he was a teenager, which means Julian spent a good deal of his formative years learning his brain was different from other peoples' in ways he didn't understand.

Julian is always an unreliable narrator, but even more so when we think about all the times he's had to question his own mind and his own understanding.

The trauma of Inquisition leading to Julian starting to dissociate at times when he's alone... He realises he's losing time and starts to wonder how real everything actually is, and if Sloan has done something more to him, or if Sloan had a point and maybe he really was reprogrammed by the Dominion...

Alternatively, Julian having experienced periods of dissociation fairly often *before* Inquisition, and when Sloan asks him "have you ever found periods of time unaccounted for?" Julian has to answer "yes" and finds he really can't be certain that the Dominion didn't get to him... Especially since his answer means that *Sloan* is even more convinced his hypothesis is correct.

[dangerousconnoisseurdonut]

In the Star Trek universe, it's sad to think but you know which comic was probably banned by the 24th century?

Captain America.

Think about it - he was a man who was literally augmented and became stronger than a normal man. True, he didn't get any smarter, but he went from a 90 lb weakling into a beefcake.

What if Julian found these comics by accident after he discovered what had been done to him - would he be inspired by Cap's honour, valour, and integrity? Or would he have trouble understanding why someone would willingly undergo such a procedure? And then there's the movie with Tony's memorable line.

Everything special about you came out of a bottle.

Would that line haunt Julian? Would he think the same thing, that all of the things he had done came from the augmentations, and nothing was his own; we know he thought of himself as unnatural and a monster, where would those thoughts go when you consider another person who hoped to duplicate Erskine's formula, with gamma radiation.

Would he find sympathy in a 'monster' who responded to extreme emotions like hate and fear? Who does Julian see himself as?

[clarisimart]

Lol for Garak being the smarmiest MF in the galaxy, the bitch could be saying happy birthday and be giving you the best present ever and still you would be sure he was going on about his dastardly plans.

[jvlianbashir]

kira and odo are ketchup and mustard

[vaguely-concerned]

I feel like there's got to be a hairdresser somewhere on ds9 and they are constantly having the weirdest time anyone's ever had

[gossyreblogs]

I’ve been on a slow rewatch of Star Trek DS9; tonight I’m on S2 E23, “Crossover”

And, just. Damn. I’d almost started to think it was just part of Avery Brook’s acting style, but he absolutely can be mobile and expressive—even with subtle expressions—when he wants to be!

Which just… means that Sisko, as a character, isn’t. With very nearly the sole exception being when he’s interacting with Jake. Huh.

[sapphicpoetspost]

“I feel bad for the guy, his wife exploded.” - my authentic reaction to watching the very first episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine with my best bro @singingsawenthusiast

this is my second ever stark trek episode to ever watch. the first episode I watched was the unionization episode.

[geogrewife]

Garak had no reason to look this good after murdering a bunch of Jem’Hardar.

[evilghostfarmer]

there’s something so human about a Starship crew.

“i may be staring down the barrel of things i’ve never known, and do not understand, but i have you, and that makes it all just a little bit more reachable.”

i am floating in the empty, in the vast, in the dark, but i have these once strangers, this now family. i’d live and die by their word, because they are just, and kind, and moral. they are my friends. and i trust them completely.

[masterspider5]

Because he's the best fictional character of all time

I thought that "no harm done" "they broke seven of your ribs" "ah but i made several cutting remarks that surely bruised their egos" thing was an incorrect quote someone made up. What the fuck do you mean garak actually said that after getting his shit rocked by klingons

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

Mod announcement:

This weekend will be pretty busy for this blog. Why? Well, if you didn’t see it in some previous posts, this weekend will be dedicated to FICTIONAL BACKLASH!!!

The event will be this Saturday (November 30). To avoid spamming everyone with 9 polls at the same time, I’ve spaced each poll/match out by an hour. So the first poll/match will release at 3 pm (PDT) and continue on to 11 pm (PDT) for a total of 9 polls/matches.

This will be the line-up for Fictional Backlash:

1. Percy Jackson vs. Luke Castellan (click this for the storyline behind this match)

2. Buffy Summers and Angel vs. Morticia Addams and Gomez Addams (click this for the storyline behind this match)

3. Jack O’Neill vs. Benjamin Sisko (click this for the storyline behind this match)

4. Yoruichi Shihouin (c) vs. Rayla for the NXTB Women’s Championship (click this for the storyline behind this match)

5. Adonis Creed (c) vs. Ren Amamiya for the NXTB Championship (click this for the storyline behind this match)

6. Nami (c) vs. Seras Victoria for the Women’s World Championship (click this for the storyline behind this match)

7. Dr. Gregory House (c) vs. James Logan Howlett for the World Heavyweight Championship (click this for the storyline behind this match)

8. Avatar Korra (c) vs. Asami Sato for the Ultimate Women’s Championship (click this for the storyline behind this match)

9. Tony Stark (c) vs. Damian Wayne vs. Peter Parker for the Universal Championship (click this for the storyline behind this match)

[j3rrysblog]

Awesome Star Trek fact #1

Starships run on semen, called spirk in the future. They used to masturbate into receptacles named Jeffries tubes, but in modern Treks, it’s all automated via the holodecks.

[clarisimart]

DS9 is my favorite soap opera